Mid-Town Trail
4 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Mid-Town Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Grandview Ponds Open Space near Thornton, CO. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mid-Town Trail
4 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 5,115–5,221 ft
Out & Back · Grandview Ponds Open Space
Trailhead: 39.86749, -104.95782
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 95°F / low 59° · precip 6% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Gaylord St & Eppinger Blvd stop 161 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mid-Town Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Colorado Blvd MUP, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mid-Town Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Gaylord St & Eppinger Blvd stop 161 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Colorado Blvd MUP 2.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Brewer Reservoir via Mid-Town Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Mid-Town Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- South Platte River Viewpoint 3.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Mid-Town Trail 4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Mid-Town Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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